title: [Epidemiological study of toxoplasmosis at Kinshasa and in lower Zaire].
abstract: An epidemiological survey of human toxoplasmosis was carried out in urban Kinshasa and in rural Kwilu-Ngongo (Bas-Zaïre). First contact with Toxoplasma gondii occurred earlier in children from Kinshasa, but adults aged over 30 were more often carriers of IgG antibodies in Kwilu-Ngongo (65.5%) compared to those in Kinshasa (50.2%). In Zaire, nutritional diet and telluric contact seem to be very important.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Faculté de Médecine Rangueil, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dumas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cazaux
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tshikom
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mwinba
authors.lastname: Nsinba
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Salaun
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brochier
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Seguela
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan
vernacular_title: Etude épidémiologique de la toxoplasmose à Kinshasa et dans le Bas-Zaïre.